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[Borg]

I hate it when actors with the potential to play various opposing roles end up being type-casted, stuck portraying only one role, when they're capable of many.

For some reason, I decided to Google "world's most typecast actor" which led me to Jagdish Raj who actually has the Guinness record for it. I guess it's too late for him to get a new agent now.

Jagdish Raj, an actor who held a world record after playing a policeman 144 times on screen, has died. The Bollywood legend was technically the most typecast actor ever, famous for playing a police detective in films such as Mazdoor and Imaan Dharam. He in fact held the Guinness World Record for the dubious honour, which was achieved during a 21 year career.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I hate it when actors with the potential to play various opposing roles end up being type-casted, stuck portraying only one role, when they're capable of many.

I agree. It's money, of course. If one sort of role hauled in big bucks there'll be tremendous pressure from the industry to keep them repeating the trick over and over. Stallone has a much bigger range than circumstances have ever permitted him to demonstrate. That's not to say he's an outright chameleon like Gary Oldman, but he's not the two dimensional actor people think he is. He's funneled into two dimensions by directors and producers for the benefit of two dimensional audiences who, never-the-less, spend three dimensional bucks to watch him.

 

[lisab]

you can time travel.

I always do it. One direction, one speed.

 

[Evo]

The first thing I googled was "palm trees on fire". I passed on posting any of those here because none of them was equal to the intensity of the fire I saw. I thought, when I first saw it in the distance, a jetliner had crashed, or some tanker truck full of flammable liquid had overturned and caught fire. There was a candle wick proportion to the flames, with the trees as the wick and the flames that much higher than the trees. My sense of a palm tree is that mature ones are about 100 feet tall, so I figure trees + flames were at 200 feet.

Anyway, I'm now worried about the structural integrity of the elevated onramp that was getting licked by the flames. I hope they do a thorough evaluation of it.

I want to know who set them on fire and beat the ever loving crud out of them.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

I want to know who set them on fire and beat the ever loving crud out of them.

Evo awakens in the middle of the night, startled and panicked.

Suddenly, a plethora of memories floods her all at once, as she begins piecing together the series of events that forms a dark and unwanted truth.
______

It was a peaceful drive home from work. Evo, being a good citizen as always, had picked up a littered box of matches on her way to her car. Due to the heat of the summer, her windows were rolled down, and the nice breeze eased the heat. The wind began to pick up, and the wind, coupled with the rolled down windows, was enough to send many important-looking papers flying out of the windows. In the resulting chaos of trying to grasp the fluttering papers, she hadn't noticed that something that once sat upon her dashboard was no longer there.

The box of matches.

It finally dawned on her. It was her own fault. She knew what she had to do, and tears streamed down her face as she raised her fists to her own face, and proceeded to beat the ever-loving crud out of the arsonist who she so hated.

 

[Evo]

Evo awakens in the middle of the night, startled and panicked.

Suddenly, a plethora of memories floods her all at once, as she begins piecing together the series of events that forms a dark and unwanted truth.
______

It was a peaceful drive home from work. Evo, being a good citizen as always, had picked up a littered box of matches on her way to her car. Due to the heat of the summer, her windows were rolled down, and the nice breeze eased the heat. The wind began to pick up, and the wind, coupled with the rolled down windows, was enough to send many important-looking papers flying out of the windows. In the resulting chaos of trying to grasp the fluttering papers, she hadn't noticed that something that once sat upon her dashboard was no longer there.

The box of matches.

It finally dawned on her. It was her own fault. She knew what she had to do, and tears streamed down her face as she raised her fists to her own face, and proceeded to beat the ever-loving crud out of the arsonist who she so hated.

Yes, it was you anti! You struck the match. I tried to blot that moment out of my mind, but... Why, oh why I kept asking myself, why did you do it?? And are you ok, I didn't mean to hit you so hard. you ran out into the night, at least, I thought it was you. (I wasn't wearing my glasses)

Or maybe it was...

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Yes, it was you anti! You struck the match. I tried to blot that moment out of my mind, but... Why, oh why I kept asking myself, why did you do it?? And are you ok, I didn't mean to hit you so hard. you ran out into the night, at least, I thought it was you. (I wasn't wearing my glasses)

Or maybe it was...

The wounds will heal over time

 

[zoobyshoe]

I want to know who set them on fire and beat the ever loving crud out of them.

I hope they're looking into that, too, in the event it was deliberate arson. This turned out to be the case with the huge wildfire in East County a few years back that destroyed a lot of homes.

 

[dkotschessaa]

OMG. I posted the following on a textbook thread by mistake. Meant to post it here.

I wish our dog liked me more. All day he hangs out in the living room waiting for his packleader (my wife) to come home. I invited him to hang out here in the office with me today. I put his bed in here and gave him a bone. Twice I did this. He humored me for about 10 minutes each time then went back in the livingroom. Perhaps I cannot escape the fact that I am a cat person, and he knows it...

 

[Enigman]

This is this thread's 1000th post.

 

[dlgoff]

This is this thread's 1000th post.

In order to help with server load, we are splitting up the larger threads.

This is a continuation of the original Random Thoughts thread located here

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=338126

Time for Part 3?

 

[dkotschessaa]

Time for Part 3?

The original was 1100 PAGES before it got split. It's the moderators call, but I think we're just getting warmed up here.

 

[lisab]

gawd it's a tough world for introverts

 

[drizzle]

My ears are burning. :(

 

[OmCheeto]

It rained!

and I saw a rainbow

Then I thought of a new to be bride, who asked about rainbows.

I took numerous pictures of rainbows over the last 30 days.

The first rainbow made me think of the bride.

The universe, is wonderful.

Good night.

 

[drizzle]

You took pictures over the last 30 days and you're sharing this with us.. In words??

*points Evo's ban gun at Om*

 

[OmCheeto]

You took pictures over the last 30 days and you're sharing this with us.. In words??

*points Evo's ban gun at Om*

You should hear the story of the spider in my truck. It's been playing in my head all week.

 

[drizzle]

... *thinks Om's drunk*

Or maybe I need to sleep. :)

 

[OmCheeto]

... *thinks Om's drunk*

Or maybe I need to sleep. :)

I should probably change my profile, and modus operandi...

Being drunk, is just too easy... (hic!)

Ok. I'm really going to bed now...

:zzz:

 

[drizzle]

I hate looking at the Callender.

 

[DennisN]

I've realized I've started to have issues about some people who tend to be overcontrolling and "drama queens" in my acquaintanceship (I had to consult wiktionary for these words ). O' ye great oracle of PF random thoughts, how to deal with this situation? I find I have a hard time with drama queens, they deplete my energy...

 

[lisab]

I've realized I've started to have issues about some people who tend to be overcontrolling and "drama queens" in my acquaintanceship (I had to consult wiktionary for these words ). O' ye great oracle of PF random thoughts, how to deal with this situation? I find I have a hard time with drama queens, they deplete my energy...

Don't bother with them in the first place. Life is just too short.

You might do some introspection to see how it is you are initially attracted to them.

 

[DennisN]

Don't bother with them in the first place. Life is just too short.

You might do some introspection to see how it is you are initially attracted to them.

Thanks for the good answer, o 'ye great oracle . Introspection is probably a good idea, I have to do something about this. Maybe there is a little sleeping drama queen inside of me who are attracted to other drama queens? Hmm, makes me wonder... I don't want to turn into a drama queen .

 

[lisab]

Thanks for the good answer, o 'ye great oracle . Introspection is probably a good idea, I have to do something about this. Maybe there is a little sleeping drama queen inside of me who are attracted to other drama queens? Hmm, makes me wonder... I don't want to turn into a drama queen .

There is something compelling about people who generate lots of drama - I've fallen into that. But it gets exhausting soon enough.

Introspection is so hard! Perhaps scientists/engineers might be better at it than others, due to all our training to be objective, but still it's not an easy thing to do.

Your comment hits close to home, btw: someone very close to me is dealing with a person who is controlling and has created lots of drama in the last few years.

 

[Evo]

darn, found an old tv show I used to enjoy watching decades ago, and it's complete garbage, I can't watch it. Maybe it will get better. For the time, it had cool computers and holographs, and a cool castle and old books, kind of like a warehouse 13.

<sigh>

The pretty girl on the show was the daughter of Tommy Chong, of "cheech and chong".

 

[zoobyshoe]

...The pretty girl on the show was the daughter of Tommy Chong, of "cheech and chong".

Rae Dawn Chong, female romantic lead in the 1981 blockbuster, Quest For Fire. She was naked in all her scenes, as I recall.

 

[dlgoff]

Rae Dawn Chong, female romantic lead in the 1981 blockbuster, Quest For Fire. She was naked in all her scenes, as I recall.

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[Evo]

Rae Dawn Chong, female romantic lead in the 1981 blockbuster, Quest For Fire. She was naked in all her scenes, as I recall.

No, Robbi Chong.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

After beginning to read Catch-22, I've figured out that Om's literary counterpart is Orr.

 

[OmCheeto]

After beginning to read Catch-22, I've figured out that Om's literary counterpart is Orr.

hmmmm...

Described as "a warm-hearted, simple-minded gnome," Orr is the only person in the Group considered to be crazier than his good friend Yossarian

I may, or may not, take that as a compliment...

I'll read the book again, and let you know.

It's been at least 40 years since I've read it, and have not a clue what it's all about.

Though, I have an inkling of what "Catch-22" means.